Linksys WAP11 v2.2 manual

Instant Wireless TM Series Wireless Network Access Point Use this guide to install: W AP11 ver . 2.2 User Guide[...]

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Wireless Network Access Point T able of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction 1 The Instant W ireless TM Netw ork Access P oint 1 F eatures 1 Package Contents 2 System Requirements 2 Chapter 2: Planning Y our Wireless Network 3 Netw ork T opology 3 Roaming 3 Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Wireless Network Access P oint 4 The W ireless Netw ork Access P [...]

Wireless Network Access Point Chapter 1: Introduction The Instant Wireless TM Network Access Point Don’ t be bound b y cabling restrictions an y longer! The Instant W ireless™ Netw ork Access P oint from Linksys deli v ers the freedom to conf igure your net- w ork your w a y . Utilization of state-of-the-ar t wireless technolo gy gi v es y ou t[...]

Wireless Network Access Point 3 Chapter 2: Planning Y our Wireless Network A wireless LAN is a group of computers, each equipped with one Instant W ireless™ Series adapter . Computers in a wireless LAN must be conf igured to share the same radio channel. The Instant W ireless™ Series adapters pro vide access to a wired LAN for wire- less w orks[...]

Wireless Network Access Point Instant Wireless TM Series Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Wireless Network Access Point The Access P oint’ s ports, where a netw ork cab le is connected , are located on the Access P oint’ s rear panel. Dipole Antenna Connectors These tw o round connections are w here the antennae are connected to the Access P oint[...]

Chapter 5: Setting Up the Wireless Network Access Point No w that you’ ve connected the Access Point to y our wired netw ork, y ou are ready to begin setting it up. This Setup W izard will tak e you through all the steps necessary to get the Access P oint connecting your wireless netw ork to your wired netw ork and communicating more eff iciently[...]

9 3. The follo wing screen, sho wn in F igure 5-2, displa ys ho w there are tw o wa ys to conf igure the Access P oint in this Setup W izard. Optimall y , you should perform this setup through a PC on your wired netw ork. Y ou can also set up the Access P oint through one of the PCs on your wireless netw ork. Click the Next button to continue or Ex[...]

• IP Addr ess . This IP address must be unique to y our netw ork. (The default IP address of 192.168.1.251.) As this is a priv ate IP address, there is no need to purchase a separate IP address from your service pro vider . • IP Mask . The Access P oint’ s IP Mask (also known as a Subnet Mask) must be the same as your Ethernet netw ork. • G[...]

• P assphrase. This is the code used w hen lo gging a wireless device onto the wireless netw ork. It is a text string with a maximum of 16 alphanu- meric characters. The WEP K ey Settings are based upon the P assphrase determined by you. T ype that here. This passphrase ma y not w ork with non-Linksys products due to possible incompatibility with[...]

14 • Obtain an IP Addr ess A utomaticall y . Click this radio button to allo w the Access P oint to obtain a dynamic IP address from a DHCP ser ver . • Specify an IP Addr ess. This IP address must be unique to your netw ork. W e suggest you use the default IP address of 192.168.1.251. As this is a pri- vate IP address, there is no need to purch[...]

The Mode pull-do wn menu will allo w y ou to set the Passphrase in Hexadecimal or ASCII characters. Hexadecimal characters on y our ke yboard are the letters “ A” through “F” and the numbers “0” through “9”, while ASCII characters are any character on y our ke yboard. There are tw o w a ys to create WEP Encryption keys. The f irst m[...]

Wireless Network Access Point Only one of the Access P oints must be in P oint to MultiP oint mode. F or all other bridged Access P oints, select the P oint to P oint option, and enter the Remote LAN MA C Addr ess of the Access P oint set to P oint to MultiP oint. Click the A pply button to appl y your changes or Cancel to cancel y our changes. If [...]

Wireless Network Access Point • SSID. The unique name shared among all points in y our wireless netw ork is displa yed here. • Encryption Function. The encryption method you chose in the Setup W izard or changed from the Setup T ab of this W eb-based Utility is dis- pla yed here. • Channel. The wireless channel shared by all wireless de vices[...]

Wireless Network Access Point The follo wing r esour ces r equir e an Internet connection in or der to access them. Click the Linksys W ebsite link to connect to the Linksys homepage for Kno wledgebase help f iles and infor mation about other Linksys products. F or an Online Man ual in PDF format , click that text link. The manual will appear in Ad[...]

Wireless Network Access Point Before making any changes to the W ireless tab, shown in F igure 6-12, please check your wireless settings on other systems, as these changes will alter the ef fectiv eness of the Access P oint. In most cases, these settings do not need to be changed. • Beacon Interv al. This value indicates the frequenc y interval o[...]

Wireless Network Access Point • SSID Br oadcast. F or security pur poses, this selection can be disabled , allo wing onl y those wireless netw ork cards with the Access P oint’ s SSID to communicate with the Access P oint. By def ault, this selection is enabled , allo wing all wireless netw ork cards in y our wireless netw ork to communi- cate [...]

Wireless Network Access Point What is Infrastructur e? An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastr ucture conf igura- tion. Infrastructure is applicable to enter prise scale for wireless access to a cen- tral database, or wireless application for mobile w orkers. What is Roaming? Roaming is the ability of a portable computer user to [...]

Wireless Network Access Point Can Instant Wir eless TM pr oducts support f ile and printer sharing? Instant W ireless TM products perform the same function as LAN products. Therefore, Instant W ireless TM products can w ork with Netw are, W indows NT/2000, or other LAN operating systems to support printer or f ile sharing. What is WEP? WEP is W ire[...]

Wireless Network Access Point The follo wing instructions are pro vided as examples for reference onl y . F or complete instructions on installing and troubleshooting TCP/IP , consult your W indo ws operating system documentation. 1. Click the Start button, select Settings , and open the Control P anel . Inside the Control Panel, doub le-click the [...]

Wireless Network Access Point 1. At the W indo ws 2000 desktop, right click My Networ k Places . Then, right click Local Area Connection . Choose Pr operties . 2. If the TCP/IP Pr otocol is listed for your netw ork adapter , go to step f iv e. Otherwise, click the Install button. 3. When the Component T ype windo w appears, select Pr otocol , and c[...]

considered b y the buffer designer . Like a cache, a buffer is a "midpoint hold- ing place" but exists not so much to accelerate the speed of an acti vity as to support the coordination of separate activities. CSMA/CA ( C ar rier S ense M ultiple A ccess/ C ollision A voidance) - In local area netw orking, this is the CSMA technique that [...]

FHSS ( F requency H opping S pread S pectr um) - FHSS continuousl y changes the center frequency of a con v entional car rier se veral times per second accord- ing to a pseudo-random set of channels, while chirp spread spectr um changes the car rier frequency . Because a f ix ed frequency is not used , illegal monitoring of spread spectrum signals [...]

Wireless Network Access Point P assphrase - Used much like a pass w ord , a passphrase simplif ies the WEP encryption process by automaticall y generating the WEP encryption ke ys for Linksys products. PC Card - A credit-card sized remo vab le module that contains memor y , I/O, or a hard disk. Po r t - A pathw a y into and out of the computer or a[...]

Wireless Network Access Point Thr oughput - The amount of data mo v ed successfull y from one place to anoth- er in a gi ven time period. T opology - A netw ork's topolo gy is a lo gical characterization of ho w the devices on the netw ork are connected and the distances between them. The most common netw ork de vices include hubs, switches, r[...]

Instant Wireless™ Series Appendix D: Specifications Standards: IEEE 802.3 (10BaseT), IEEE 802.3u (100BaseTX) IEEE 802.11b (W ireless) Channels: 11 Channels (US, Canada) 13 Channels (Europe) 14 Channels (Japan) P orts: One 10/100 RJ-45 P ort Cab ling T ype: UTP Category 5 or better Operating Rang e (Wir eless): Indoors: Up to 300 ft. (97 m) Outdoo[...]

Instant Wireless™ Series 46 Appendix F: Contact Information F or help with the installation or operation of this product, contact Linksys T echnical Suppor t at one of the phone numbers or Inter net addresses belo w . Sales Information 800-546-5797 (LINKSYS) T echnical Suppo r t 8 00-326-7114 RMA Issues 949-271-5461 Fa x 949-265-6655 Email suppor[...]

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